Making it Loud Through Service
The FIRST Tech Challengecommunity is composed of thousands of amazing teams and people. These folks are changing their own lives, their communities, and the culture of our world by celebrating STEM and spreading Gracious Professionalism. In addition to building and competing with a robot, each season teams log hundreds of hours of community service hours, demonstrating that FIRST is definitely More Than Robots. We�ve collected just a few stories of FIRST Tech Challenge teams making it loud by giving back to their communities.
Team #7190 The Greens Girls spend time at the PACER Center for Girls with Disabilities. On one trip they taught the girls how to build and program a FIRST LEGO League (FLL) robot. They returned in a collaborative effort with IBM to do an all-day camp that included a mixture of activities, including building a robot, and an obstacle course. The team found it �extremely rewarding to teach the girls with disabilities something new and to see the smiles on their faces.� By the end of the day they were all gathered together in one group, despite their differences.
The Butler Bot, created by Team #4924 the Tuxedo Pandas, led the official procession at the first ever Virginia Science Festival at Virginia Tech, followed closely by leaders at Virginia Tech, NASA, and the Mayor of Blacksburg. After the ceremonies, the real fun began as the team spent time over the month-long celebration teaching young children how to build and program an NXT robot, earning a medal for completing a short course. �In two weeks, we gave away more than 200 medals. That�s 200 more kids with a touch of STEM in their head.�
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In celebration of STEM, in building community, in helping others, in building robots � no matter what the task, the connections we build are the moments that matter most and last longest. How have you given back to your community?
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